Day 5 brought us to the end of the week after 4 days of fun and a gallery night of art. The morning began with multiple singings of "Pharoah, Pharoah" and "King Jesus is All", the Feeding of the Multitudes in John 6 and then Keeping the Dimond District clean with "Keep Oakland Beautiful" all organized by local Dimond District organizer Kathleen Russell. After walking through the neighborhood on a trash pick up we rendez-vous-ed at Dimond Park for a picnic lunch, games, play structure fun, creek walks and multiple splinters! We had a contest for trash pick-up - the heaviest and the most volume won. Abby's group: Ellie, Elodie, Kylie and Talia won. I think it was rigged! (Monte) We then were treated to free Italian Ice at Flavor Brigade in the Dimond on Fruitvale Ave for our community work. The volnteer leaders got coupons for treats at La Farine thanks to Stan Dodson. You can patronize both locally owned businesses to express your gratitude!
Regular Litter Walks in the Dimond happen thank to Kathleen Russel on Wednesday mornings from 8:00-9:: and Saturday mornings from 9:00-10:00. Like the signs says, meet at the parking lot at MacArthur & Dimond Ave. If you have questions you can email Kathleen at krussell@russell-gordon.com. You can get a free Italian Ice at Flavor Brigade or coffee and pastry at La Farine for doing so! It's a great thing to do as a family, and concrete way to teach your children about civic responsibility, engagement, faith in practice, and an easy, free way to have fun as a family.
This is our lost and found. If something looks familiar contact Abby by email at [agkkaiser@gmail.com] to get your camper's favorite sweater/hoodie back!
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